V. N. Navaratnam was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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Navaratnam represented the Chavakacheri

Chavakacheri Electoral District

Chavakacheri Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Chavakacheri in Jaffna District, Northern Province. Kilinochchi Electoral District was carved out of the southern part of the district in March 1960...

 constituency in the Sri Lankan Parliament between April 1956 and July 1983, for the Federal Party at first and then the Tamil United Liberation Front

Tamil United Liberation Front

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 (TULF).

He resigned from Parliament on 21 July 1983 and left Sri Lanka after the Black July anti-Tamil riots

Black July

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. He lived in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 for a while before moving to Canada

Canada

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. He practiced law in all three countries.

Mr .Navaratnam has 4 children, Sri Namachchivaya, Sri Vallipuranandan, Maiteryi and Sri Shanmuganandan and 2 grand children Krishna Navaratnam and Anura Namachchivaya.